Aloha - Hoover Library

INETY-NINE has come! The year that has ever beenbefore us, and to which we have so anxiously looked,is here; and we, bidding it welcome, rise to take ourplace among the alumni of our beloved Alma Mater.We have now reached the pinnacle of our College career.We, whose lives have been so closely interwoven for fouryears, stand, as it were, upon a mountain summit andsee our future paths winding along in dim outlinesbefore us. We see that life confronts us with sternreality and demands our consecrated service. May weall in the light of truth be equal to its emergencies.Many things have occurred throughout our College career that are worthyof note, but it seems best to your historian to record here only the individual livesof the members of the class, and this with great limitations. There may be foundelsewhere in this book accounts of other notable happenings. Should the readerdesire still further details, his desires may be gratified by referring to volumes one,two and three, published in '96, '97 and '98, respectively.There will likely be some errors in certain of the following data, but yourhistorian assumes no responsibility whatever. For instance, in several cases allrecords pertaining to the date of birth and early childhood of certain personshave been lost, or if not lost are so illegible by reason of exposure to nature'smerciless action that it is impossible to obtain any information at all. But froman acquaintance of four years we are able to guess fairly accurately and will do43